By FINIAN CUNNINGHAM | Press TV | January 28, 2015 The film American Sniper has sent the US public into raptures over the “heroic life” of its autobiographical subject Chris Kyle – who has been described as America’s “greatest warrior” soldier. Last week, the movie premiered in cinemas to rave reviews, earning its director Clint […]
Legitimizing Torture, Lies and Killer Drones By Dave Clennon | CounterPunch | January 25, 2015 The Screen Actors Guild has nominated Claire Danes of “Homeland” for its Best Actress Award. It has also nominated Danes, Mandy Patinkin and the rest of the “Homeland” cast for the Outstanding Ensemble Award. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated […]
By John Wight | RT | January 23, 2015 The moral depravity into which the US is sinking is shown by American Sniper glorifying the exploits of a racist killer receiving six Oscar nominations, whereas ‘Selma’ depicting Martin Luther King’s struggle against racism has been largely ignored. American Sniper is directed by Clint Eastwood, and […]
By JONATHAN WOODROW MARTIN | CounterPunch | January 22, 2015 24-hours after a report claiming the UK government is the most transparent in the world, the 6-year wait for The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War to be published was extended until after the general election in May this year. I was present for one […]
Press TV – January 21, 2015 The publication of a long-awaited inquiry into the UK’s participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath has once again been postponed until after the country’s general elections later this year. On Wednesday, British media cited government sources as saying that the inquiry chairman, John Chilcot, will […]
RT | January 19, 2015 Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon has called for a united political movement to demand the immediate publication of the Chilcot Inquiry report into the legality of the 2003 Iraq invasion. Sturgeon has written to other Scottish party leaders, urging them to unite in favor of immediate publication. The […]
We have an antidote to Republican Party activist Clint Eastwood’s immensely popular and enthralling neocon propaganda film, “American Sniper.”Our review is titled “A Sheep Dog Tricked into Serving the Wolves.”It will be published in Revisionist History newsletter no. 76 and mailed to subscribers later this month, but we think Eastwood’s movie is potentially too damaging to our nation’s best interest to count on gaining more newsletter subscribers as a means for getting the review into circulation.Therefore, we’re offering it in a pdf file that will be e-mailed for a modest fee of $1.50.
Image: Joe Sacco: Why Je Suis NOT Charlie Hebdo (Courtesy Stop the War coalition)
There is a fine line between freedom of expression and incitement to religious, racial or cultural hatred, but Charlie Hebdo has strayed some way over the wrong side of that divide.
The Military Industrial Complex and its faithful media spokesmen are warning that the only way to stop ISIS from overrunning America and beheading everyone is to spend more money… on the Military Industrial Complex. Martin Feldman, a right-wing kook with a respectable-sounding pedigree, was chairman of Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1982-1984.
By Paul Craig Roberts | Press TV | August 18, 2014 The Western media have proved for all to see that the Western media comprises either a collection of ignorant and incompetent fools or a brothel that sells war for money. The Western media fell in step with Washington and blamed the downed Malaysian airliner […]
